Bracket



Patented Oct. 14, 1924:e

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BRACKET.

Application filed Detober 13, 1922.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that ALFRED SEMM, citizen of the United States, residing at Port Jefferson Station, in the county of Suffolk, State of New York, has invented a new and useful Bracket, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has references to brackets, and more particularly to brackets of the swinging or adjustable type.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a swinging bracket especially designed for supporting electric lamps or the like whereby the electric lamp supported by the bracket may be moved to various positions of adjustment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bracket which may be readily and easily manufactured, the inner ends of the arms, of the bracket being constructed to provide hinges on which the arms move.

lith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the inventlon herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:-

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a bracket constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4 4- of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the bracket embodies a pair of arms 5 and 6 respectively, the arms being stamped from lengths of sheet metal.

As shown the arms are connected at their outer ends as by means of the rivet 7, so that the arms, when adjusted, move together. The inner ends of the arms are bent*I inward as at 8 to provide hinges, which Serial N0. 594,274.

hinges embrace portions of the bolt 9 which is formed with a threaded extension 10 to permit` the bolt to be readily and easily positioned in a supporting surface.

The arm 6 is disposed at an angle with respect to the arm 5 and acts as a brace for the arm 5 to maintain the arm 5 in a horizontal position. Formed at the outer end of arms 6, is a hook member 11 over which a suitable electric lamp fixture may be positioned to secure the same to the arm.

In order that the arms 5 and 6 will be held in spaced relation with each other, at their points of engagement with the bolt 9, a sleeve 12 is provided, which sleeve contacts with the arms 5 and 6, as clearly shown by Figure 1 of the drawing.

From the foregoing it will be seen that an electric lamp may be readily and easily secured to the bracket, and the bracket moved to various positions to insure the proper positioning of the lamp, to facilitate the use of the Same.

Slidably mounted on the arm 5 is a hook member 13 which is formed of sheet metal, a portion of the sheet metal being bent upon itself to accommodate the arm 5, and riveted as by means of the rivet 14.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In a bracket, a pair of arms pivotally connected at their outer ends, a. bolt including a head adapted to be secured to a supporting member and disposed in a vertical plane, a sleeve mounted on said bolt, the free ends of said arms being bent to embrace portions of the bolt and adapted to engage the ends of the sleeve to hold the arms in spaced relation, one of said arms resting on the head of the bolt to support the arms and permit them to move in a horizontal plane, and a hook member formed at the outer end of one of the arms.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signat-ure in the presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED SEMM.

Witnesses HARRY W. FLINT, MICHAEL SoHRonDER. 

